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title: "Teaching code | Codio advantages"
description: "Codio is the ideal platform to teach computer science to your students."
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    Helping you to teach <span>computer science</span>
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    In addition to the significant cost savings, Codio has a range of other
    advantages that make it the ideal platform to teach computer science to
    your students.
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      <div class="title">Online IDE</div>
      <div class="text">Save time with an <a href="/features/ide">online IDE</a> to teach Java, Python, C++, C and more.
        No hassle and no compromises on functionality. For beginners to experts.
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      <div class="title">Project Templates</div>
      <div class="text">The fast and simple way to create new computer science teaching projects, and adapt
        existing ones. Use our pre-configured stacks or <a href="features/templates">create your own</a>.
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      <div class="title">Integrated Education Features</div>
      <div class="text">Track student progress,
        <a href="/docs/content/authoring/assessments/">auto-graded assessments</a>,
        <a href="/blog/codio-launches-plagiarism-feature-to-detect-cheating-in-programming-classes/">plagiarism checker</a>
        and connect Codio to your institution’s <a href="/blog/codio-releases-integration-with-lms-platforms/">Moodle, Blackboard or Canvas</a>
        to save you time!.
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      <div class="title">Your Curriculum or Ours?</div>
      <div class="text">Enhanced learning experience with instructional content that controls the IDE.
        Use one of our 120+ units to teach <a href="/docs/content/courses/">Python or Java</a>.
        Or <a href="/docs/content/authoring/">author your own content</a> to teach advanced subjects like
        <a href="http://news.codio.com/blog/kent-state-university-uses-codio/">Data Science</a>.
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      <h3 class="title">Code Plagiarism Detection Checker</h3>
      <p class="info">Twice as effective over standard tools such as Moss or JPlag. The checker is integrated into Codio and
        compares all projects in your class with a click of a button. Created by a former Computer Science professor
        at Princeton University who was unhappy with the results of existing systems.
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      <h4 class="quote-title">Vivek Pai, creator of the plagiarism detection technology says:</h4>
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      <div class="quote-text">"I found myself trying to spend a lot of time trying to interpret the statistical
        output of existing systems. Doing this for hundreds of submissions was a real burden. Both Princeton
        and other institutions have been delighted at the improvements delivered."
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    <h3 class="title">Integration with your LMS</h3>
    <p class="description">We save you time by integrating with your institution’s LMS system. Moodle, Blackboard, Canvas or any LTI compliant
      system will work with Codio. We have a seamless system for you and your students.</p>
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      <p class="info">Less hassle for you. Students get instant feedback. Perfect for flipped-learning.
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      <h4 class="quote-title">David Croft, Lecturer, Coventry University says:</h4>
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      <div class="quote-text">"Having the instant formative feedback is really useful. And that’s where Codio comes in handy.
        They click check it in Codio and it goes and tests that their code meets the specifications. It sorts correctly, it
        searches correctly. It has the error handling and features that we are expecting. It doesn’t have memory leaks."
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    <p class="description">Create your own course content either by uploading your class notes
      or creating interactive content directly within the IDE.</p>
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      <p class="info">We’ve co-developed over 80+ courses with Oxford, Cambridge and RSA (OCR) - all mapped
        to UK national standards. We are also writing more curriculum to be in line with emerging Computer Science
        Teachers Association K-12 framework.
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